Japanese qualifier Kurumi Nara, who had never before reached the third round in any tour-level event, saw her US Open run ended Friday with a 6-4, 7-6 (7/5) loss to Serbian ninth seed Jelena Jankovic. (Reuters)

Nara, ranked 109th, became the first Japanese woman in the third round of the US Open since Ai Sugiyama in 2008 but failed to become the first in the last 16 since Shinobu Asagoe made the 2004 quarterfinals. (AFP)

The 21-year-old college student from Osaka will take home $93,000 from the year's final Grand Slam tournament. That's more than the $61,255 she had won this year before reaching the Flushing Meadows hardcourts. (AFP)